“Unfortunately there are still people in other areas who regard New York City not as part of the United States, but as a sort of excrescence fastened to our Eastern shore and peopled by the less venturesome waves of foreigners who failed to go West to the genuine American frontier.” PeopleStillsStatesUnitedCitiesUnited StatesNew YorkAreasRegardWestWaveGenuineShoreNew York CityEasternFrontiersForeigners Book:Working for the People: Promise and Performance in Public Service Source: Working for the People: Promise and Performance in Public Service
“Americans need rest, but do not know it. I believe this to be a large part of the explanation of the crime wave in the United States.” KnowsNeedsBelieveStatesI BelieveUnitedUnited StatesCrimeWaveExplanation Book:Sceptical Essays Source: Sceptical Essays
“What, after all, is the narrative of the American Dream? It was a discourse formulated between the 1880s and the 1920s in the United States during the great waves of migration and expansion and reforms of the Progressive Era.” StatesDreamUnitedUnited StatesWaveReformErasNarrativeProgressiveAmerican DreamExpansionDiscourseMigration Author:Naomi Wolf